Census Act
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Art. 4 Register-related surveys and random sample surveys
1 The census comprises register-related surveys and additional random sample surveys. 2 The census is constituted by all register-related surveys and random sample surveys in accordance with this Act over ten years. 3 For the census in general, the Federal Council shall issue more detailed regulations in particular on: a. the subject matter of the survey; b. the modalities of the survey; c. the identifiers; d. the quality assurance measures.
Art. 5 Register-related survey
1 In the case of the register-related surveys, in order to compile statistics on persons and household as well as statistics on buildings and dwellings, data in electronic form or in the form of data carriers is compiled from: a. the harmonised official federal registers of persons of the Confederation, the cantons and the communes; b. the Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings. 2 The provision of data is governed by: a. the Register Harmonisation Act of 23 June 2006 (RHA) and the related implementing provisions; b. the provisions on the Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings. 3 If the official registers of persons of the Confederation, the cantons and the communes are not harmonised within the periods laid down in the RHA and the related implementing provisions, the competent agencies responsible for maintaining the registers must provide the data in another suitable form on the same due date as the harmonised register data. The Federal Council may instruct the Federal Stati
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Art. 6 Random sampling
1 Random sampling is the representative collection of data from a section of the population or from another group under investigation that is selected randomly according to scientific principles. 2 It includes: a. a structure survey: random sample survey on attributes that are not contained in the Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings or in the harmonised official federal registers of persons of the Confederation, the cantons or the communes; b. thematic random sample surveys: random sample surveys on various social, demographic and cultural subject areas. 3 The Federal Council shall issue more detailed regulations for each random sample survey and in particular on: a. the subject matter of the survey; b. the body responsible for the survey; c. the periodicity; d. the time; e. the conduct of the survey; f. the method.
Art. 7 Standard programme
1 The standard programme consists of the register-related surveys and those random sample surveys that are regularly conducted by the Confederation independently of the surveys conducted by the cantons. 2 It is carried out throughout the territory of Switzerland. 3 The Federal Council determines the standard programme. It publishes the standard programme at the same time as the overview of the statistical populations and survey attributes.
Art. 8 Additional programmes
1 The cantons may request the Federal Statistical Office for an expansion of the scope of the structure survey and the thematic random sample surveys. The expanded thematic random sample surveys do not include any new subject areas. 2 The Federal Council regulates competences, territorial limits, the scope, deadlines and costs of the additional programmes as well as rights and obligations of the commissioning party. 3 The Federal Statistical Office and the commissioning canton shall enter into an agreement on the supplementary programme.